Memories of the Royal Naval School, Malta, 1947 - 1978.

Empress of Australia

Built as TIRPITZ for Hamburg-Amerika Line by Vulcanwerke, A.G at Stettin, Germany
21,861 GRT - 615 x 75 feet - Twin screw, turbines - 17 knots
370 First class, 190 Second Class, 415 Third Class, 1,000 Steerage
Troopship from 1939, in which the Spear family went home in 1951. Scrapped 1952.
David Spear